Maharashtra: 15-year-old girl gangraped in Palghar, eight arrested

The girl was assaulted for hours between Friday night and Saturday morning.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 19, 2022 · 08:17 am

How insensitive medical education allows the banned two-finger test for rape survivors to persist

The Supreme Court’s condemnation is laudable but also raises the question of whether legal advances in caring for rape survivors are being implemented.

Mukul Bhowmick

· Nov 08, 2022 · 06:30 am

Tennis: Chinese star Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault allegations again

In the recent interview with a French sports daily, she reiterated a similar comment about the allegations she gave to a Singaporean newspaper back in December.

AFP

· Feb 07, 2022 · 10:45 am

‘Oral sex’ with minor is a less serious offence, says Allahabad HC, reduces jail term of convict

The court held that putting penis into a minor’s mouth does not fall in the category of aggravated sexual assault.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 23, 2021 · 04:34 pm

Uttar Pradesh government official arrested for molesting contractual worker

The complainant claimed that the man was not arrested for two weeks since he was the undersecretary of the minority welfare department.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 11, 2021 · 03:02 pm

Penetration between thighs is also rape, rules Kerala HC

The court noted that the law on rape includes penetration to other parts of a woman’s body, and is not confined to the vagina, urethra or anus.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 05, 2021 · 06:55 pm

The Tejpal rape case verdict and the Goa court quest for the ‘ideal’ sexual assault victim

Even minor discrepancies in the complainant’s statements have been portrayed as crucial ones.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 27, 2021 · 02:56 pm

SC stays arrest of rape-accused after he and complainant agree to get married

In November, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had denied him bail.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 11, 2021 · 02:17 pm

Opinion: Sexual assault is sexual assault, skin or no skin

A misogynistic, sexist judgement of the Bombay High Court has just made my daughter’s world that much more terrifying.

Dilip D’Souza

· Jan 26, 2021 · 07:30 am

Former model accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in 1997

Amy Dorris told ‘The Guardian’ that the US president had assaulted her in his VIP box at the US Open when she was 24.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2020 · 08:23 am

We can celebrate Harvey Weinstein’s fall – but the #MeToo battle is still only half won

The Hollywood producer was convicted on Monday for rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act in the first degree.

Bianca Fileborn, The Conversation

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Rachel Loney-Howes, The Conversation

· Feb 25, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Donald Trump denies sexual assault allegation by US writer, calls it ‘false stories for publicity’

Magazine columnist E Jean Carroll claimed the president attacked and allegedly raped her at a department store in 1995 or 1996.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 22, 2019 · 12:16 pm